Biographie

Sandie Le Conte graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs du Mans (ENSIM, 2000) with a degree in acoustics and vibrations, and obtained a PhD in underwater acoustics from the University of Rennes (2004), which she completed at the Ifremer centre in Brest (France). From 2005 to 2019, as a research engineer at the Musée de la Musique (Paris, France), she focused on the mechanical behaviour of heritage objects, particularly musical instruments, and developed objective decision-support tools to assess their state of conservation. She led a European project (WoodMusik – Cost Action FP1302, 2013–17) focusing on heritage musical instruments, bringing together more than 26 countries and involving instrument makers, curators, conservators and researchers (from the humanities, natural sciences and exact sciences). From 2019 to 2026, she headed the research laboratory at the Institut National du Patrimoine. There, she developed physical measurement methods for characterising heritage objects as part of restoration projects. She also coordinated the teaching of scientific subjects.
She has secured several research grants and has supervised a number of PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and final-year projects in engineering and restoration.
She joined the Conservation and Restoration department at HE-Arc in September 2026 as a professor.